8 OCTOBER
International Lesbian Day, an opportunity to highlight the achievements of queer women, and the challenges this section of our community still face.
There’s no clear record of when International Lesbian Day was established, but there is evidence of it occurring as early as 1980 and it originated in Australia and New Zealand. Mark the day celebrate lesbian culture and all the positive impact that Lesbian representation holds in history, media and popular culture watch lesbian films and play music made by lesbian women, and celebrate.
Singer song writer:
Joan Jett Genre: Glam punk, Rock and roll, Hard rock.
Sinead O’Connor Genre: Pop music, Rock music & Folk music.
Hayley Kiyoko: Genre: Synthpop, Pop music & Dance music.
Lesbian Authors:
Alice Walker: who published The Colour Purple in 1982,
Maureen Duffy has written a variety of non-fiction, fiction, poetry and a pioneer awareness of LGBTQ rights.
Lesbian Films and tv show current available to stream : Feel Good, One Mississippi, Work in Progress, One Day At a Time, Dickinson, Vida, Lip Service, Tommy, Gentleman Jack, Take My Wife, I Am Not Okay With This, The L Word, Trinkets, Batwoman, The Bold Type, Tales of the City
